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Intelligence Squared - Obesity is the Government's Business

With 33% of adults (32.3% in Alabama) and 17% of children obese, the U.S. is facing an obesity epidemic. A major risk factor for expensive, chronic conditions like heart disease, diabetes, and cancer, it costs our health care system nearly $150 billion a year.

Should government intervene, or is this a matter of individual rights and personal responsibility? Where do you weigh in on this debate?

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